31-08-2026 14:39 via District Administration

Tennessee is looking into changing how it evaluates schools

Tennessee is seeking to overhaul how it evaluates school and district performance.
There are currently two education accountability systems: the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA); and the state letter grade. The Tennessee Department of Education is considering combining them into one based on the letter grade system.
ESSA requires states to identify schools as high-performing (Reward) or low-performing (Comprehensive Support and Improvement; Target Support and Improvement; or Additional
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